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Suicide by burning
No full textThrough a review of the Italian and international scientific literature, the Authors analyse the phenomenon of suicide by burning. By references to cases in the literature, they analyse parameters of an epidemiological statistics nature (sex and age of the victims, place and means of performing the act) as well as the motives that may be hidden behind such an event. The cultural and historical factors that influence suicide by burning are analysed, with emphasis on the psychiatric history, which currently seems to play a fundamental role in the victim's choice of means. This work is an initial approach to the study of the phenomenon of suicide by burning and is an essential preliminary to a review of the cases in the anatomical- pathological section of the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the 'La Sapienza' University of Rome
A review of suicides by burning in Rome between 1947-1997 examined by Pathology Department of the Istitute of Forensic Medicine, University of Rome "La Sapienza"
Full text linkThe 34 cases of suicide by self-immolation admitted to the Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, during a 50-year period (1947–1997) were investigated. The nature of this phenomenon in relation to sex, age of the victims, location of the suicides and combination of methods used is discussed. Finally the distribution and extent and characteristics of the lesions are considered from a forensic point of view
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Il contenzioso medico-legale in tema di responsabilità professionale nell'Azienda "Policlinico Umberto I" di Roma: situazione al 31 ottobre 1997
No full textAppropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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